Dave Chappelle’s Returning To Host SNL & Twitter Is Enraged
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Hosting Saturday Night Live around major political elections is always a huge task and this year it’s going to a controversial comedian.
Come next week after the midterm elections, Dave Chappelle will be taking over the hosting on Nov. 12.
This isn’t the first time Chappelle has been at the helm around major political moments– he also hosted on Nov. 7 within days of Joe Biden‘s 2020 presidential election, and his first ever hosting took place on Nov. 12 2016 right after Donald Trump became president.
NBC made the announcement Friday night in their infamous corkboard photos, which also unveiled that Black Star –the iconic rap group consisting of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli– will be the musical guest.
next week’s show! pic.twitter.com/yyWCsszXDw
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 6, 2022
The decision to have Chappelle featured on the show comes with controversy as he’s been at war with the LGBTQIA+ community for disparaging jokes he’s made in his 2021 Netflix Special The Closer.
He defended author J.K. Rowling, who made several remarks like gender being a fact, mocking an article that used the term “people who menstruate,” and has since been deemed a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist).
In The Closer, he jokes about trans people and those who had gender-affirming surgery.
“Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human being on earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact,” he said. “Now, I am not saying that to say trans women aren’t women, I am just saying that those p–sies that they got… you know what I mean? I’m not saying it’s not p—y, but it’s ‘Beyond P—y’ or ‘Impossible P—y’. It tastes like p—y, but that’s not quite what it is, is it? That’s not blood. That’s beet juice.”
Twitter has mixed feelings about Chappelle getting the hosting gig. Check out the reactions below:
1.
I love SNL. I’ve been a fan all my life. But having Dave Chappelle on as host is not the move. You have your first non-binary cast member ever and then you book an proud and open transphobe. What a disappointment.
— Sean Altly (@SeanAltly) November 6, 2022
2.
Ugh why is #SNL bringing back Dave Chappelle again? So he can make more transphobic jokes?
— Alexis (@arosoff) November 6, 2022
3.
The man is cancel-proof: Dave Chappelle is headed back to SNL. https://t.co/KSeUrQvpJk
— OutKick (@Outkick) November 6, 2022
4.
Wonder how SNL’s first nonbinary castmember this season must feel about them platforming Dave Chappelle next week. Disappointing but not surprising. Feeling for Molly Kearney right now
— JULIA! (@S0UNDOFMETAL) November 6, 2022
5.
What’s gonna trigger more thinkpieces: making fun of Covid when a million folks died, making fun of Twitter firings when folks are losing their livelihoods OR Dave Chappelle hosting next week? #SNL
— William Bruce West (@williambwest) November 6, 2022
6.
All the people really upset Dave Chappelle will be hosting SNL clearly never saw an Eddie Murphy show.
pic.twitter.com/0xopkhZwEa
— Jewtastiq | Ron (@jewtastiq) November 6, 2022
7.
It’s so easy to not bring transphobic Dave Chappelle on the show. Why did you do it anyway?
— Halley Gardner (@HalleyGardnerd) November 6, 2022
8.
snl really gave megan thee stallion 3 minutes and amy schumer 6. combine that with dave chappelle next week for the worst monologue run in the shows history
— fella (@musicubes) November 7, 2022
9.
It’s extremely fucked up that Dave Chappelle is hosting SNL next week (end of statement) but also cause they just added on a trans-nonbinary cast member.
— DubyaWife
(@DubyaWife) November 6, 2022
10.
Dang, trans activists canceled Dave Chappelle so hard the only gig he’s able to get these days is hosting SNL. Sad.
— Jackson Bird (@jackisnotabird) November 7, 2022
11.
Dave Chappelle is one of the greatest comedians still around today.
But all i mostly see is salt from the replies. This is what SNL gets for pandering to these people for YEARS.
And people like me are coming back to SNL, even with this guest. I’m just laughing. https://t.co/QgSO6i08Bx— Juno Maxwell
(@Goddess_Maxwell) November 6, 2022
12.
Dave Chappelle and Talib Kweli on the same show? SNL gotta be trolling us. https://t.co/Fn3W7eqEjJ
— first of all, bitch, … (@thejournalista) November 6, 2022
